Acting
Masaaki Takarai
Born November 2, 1975 · Tokyo, Japan (age 50)
No biography available.
Known For
Departures · 2008Departures
★ 7.92008
MovieDrama
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
Swing Girls · 2004Swing Girls
★ 7.92004
MovieComedyMusic
A group of delinquent high school girls form a band when they accidentally poison their school's brass band and have to replace them.
Shall We Dance? · 1996Shall We Dance?
★ 7.51996
MovieMusicComedy
A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
Crazy Samurai Musashi · 2020Crazy Samurai Musashi
★ 5.92020
MovieAction
In 1604, Miyamoto Musashi attacked the Yoshioka family at their dojo and defeated master Seijūrō and his younger brother Denshichirō in two duels. To save their reputation, the Yoshioka family decides to fight back with all 100 family members and hire an additional 300 samurai. Now Musashi sets out to defeat all 400 enemies in his most famous battle.
August in the Water · 1995August in the Water
★ 7.21995
MovieScience FictionDrama
A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.
Lady Red Rose · 2006Lady Red Rose
★ 4.72006
MovieDrama
Based on the novel by Oniroku Dan.
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't · 1992Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
★ 6.81992
MovieComedy
A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together to defeat their rivals or face disgrace and the disbandment of the sumo club.
One-Percenter · 2023One-Percenter
★ 6.32023
MovieAction
After his devastatingly fast, samurai-style combat approach sets filmmakers against him, a legendary action star films his own movie—on turf claimed by feuding yakuza gangs, including Japan’s deadliest martial arts assassin.
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